Birthday Bird.

For my sister I wanted to make a diffeernt kind of birthday card. Instead of a flat card I made a 3 dimentional bird cage to go along with the theme of her gift. I do have to admit I saw a similar idea on the Cricut message board. But I edited it a bit to find my needs. Everything on this project was cut out on the Serenade Cartridge.

Celebrating a new home!

My brother-in-law and his family were finally was able to sign for their new house. This has been a long complicated process to get the house so I sent this to them as a little house warming celebration poem.

I don't know if the sayings on the bottoms are clear enough to read in the photo. It says, " Not in a bowl... nor jungle tree... but home is where my heart will be."

All the animals and accessories are from create a critter Cartridge, with the exception of the palm tree and the little people next to the house, which are from the Paper Doll Cartridge. (The patterned papers are old scraps, I don't remember which brand.)

Lets Hang out with Monkey

Perfect timing for the Polkadoodles Animal challenge. I was looking for a layout idea to use with a picture of my daughter and her favorite stuffed animal, a green monkey! I didn't get the picture on yet, it is being printed at Walgreens today, but I wanted to get this submitted before the deadline.

Recollections paper and stickers, phrase is cut from the Create a Critter cartridge.

BBTB2 challenge

Bitten by the Bug 2 Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge RickRack challenge. This was perfect timing since I was working on a Thank you card (in a more masculine colored/theme) and the RickRack added the perfect touch to it.

Info: DCWV paper, Thank you stamp, button embellishments and the rickrack cut from the Plantin school book cart to to draw your eye across and 'anchor' the the Thankyous in the center so they wouldn't look like they were floating.

Paper doll extravaganza!

As I sat down to play with my new cartridges and Cricut Expression I pulled out my paper doll cartridge. I wanted to make a set of dolls for my neice for her birthday. My original intent was just to make a few dolls and hair/clothing then laminating and velcroing them so that the outfits and hair could be swapped out without them tearing. Then my mind just went on and on and I ended up with a whole set up! I can't believe this all came out of my head and I created it in less than 12 hours. The castle scene is made from four 12x12 sheets hinged together with cardstock. The grass folds up towards the castle. When you fold in the dragon side the back has a pocket for the dolls and all their accessories. When you fold the tree side in there are ribbons to tie the two sides shut so nothing falls out. :-) This was entered in the Cricutters Anonymous Challenge #32 All in the Family Challenge. Make something for a family member.

Details:

The sun came from Create a Critter

The tree from Serenade (the leaves were stamped)

The wooden planks on the castle door came from Pooh Font.

Everything else is from paper dolls cartridge.

The doors on the castle open and close.

The pillars on the castle have 3D foam behind them.

Birthday!

I am very excited. I got a cricut expression for my birthday and 4 cartridges! (Serenade, paper dolls, sweethearts, and create a critter!) and I also got 3 new embossing folders for my cuttle bug and a xyron sticker machine. I can't wait to use them this weekend... I see lots of fun new creations in the near future!

Thanks a bunch

We had a great Easter at my mother in laws so I decided to make her a little thank you. But I wanted to go above and beyond the ordinary thank you card. So I made her a bunch of flowers that would not wilt. They turned out better than I had even hoped.

Doodle Charms cartridge to cut out the flowers (with DCWV glitter paper) and jar. Pooh and friends cartridge to cut out the butterfly. I mounded the stems on cardstock so the bunch would stand up straight.

Hoppy Easter Garland

I wanted to add a bit more to my Easter decor around the house so I went down to the craft room. I knew I wanted something including Easter and bunny, I ended up with this cute garland. I am very happy with how it turned out!

The letters were cut on my cricut with George and Basic shapes font cartridge and the bunny is from Doodle Charms.